Deal with Youngman and Pang Da terminated

This evening Swedish Automobile and Saab have announced that the subscription agreement which was entered into with Pang Da and Youngman back in July, has been terminated by Swedish Automobile. Here's the press release:

Trollhättan, Sweden: Today, Swedish Automobile N.V. (Swan) announced that it has given notice of termination with immediate effect of the Subscription Agreement of July, 2011 entered into by Swan, Pang Da and Youngman.

Swan took this step in view of the fact that Pang Da and Youngman failed to confirm their commitment to the Subscription Agreement and the transactions on the agreed terms contemplated thereby as well as to explicit and binding agreements made on October 13, 2011 related to providing bridge funding to Saab Automobile AB (Saab Automobile) while in reorganization under Swedish law.

Pang Da and Youngman have presented Swan on October 19 and 22 with certain conditional offers for an alternative transaction for the purchase of 100 percent of the shares in Saab Automobile which are unacceptable to Swan. However, discussions between the parties are ongoing.

A strategic move for a sale of Saab to the Chinese? "Give us an acceptable bid or forget Saab"?


Or a new deal with a new partner, e.g. North Street Capital?